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... Urges them to preach message of peace, unity  Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has called on all religious leaders across the country to shun selfish and Mischievous politicians, who hide under guise of religion and ethnicity to divide the people during elections . According to him, there is a need for clerics to avoid such Politicians, especially, those who have lost power and are now weeping all sorts of  sentiments against government of the day. Speaking during  a dinner ( breaking fast) held  Saturday evening at  Golden Grills , Alkali Road , Kaduna Senator Shehu Sani said ,"Poverty and hunger have been so 'weaponised', to control the masses for self aggrandizement.  While stating that clerics should use  places of worship to preach messages of peace and unity as well as enlighten adherents on power of voting good leaders during elections, Senator Sani you says  democracy can only survive if there is equity;justice, progress  and development.  Sani,w

The Counsel Adviser to the executive Governor of Kaduna state Hon. Musa Aliyu Kali, has applauded governor Uba Sani for putting in place necessary administration and results oriented programme across kaduna state. Musa Kali, who spoke with journalists in Kaduna, expressed confidence in Uba Sani’s ability to continually put the state among top performing states in the country. He said, considering the effort he has made in transforming the state within the short period of his administration,  governor Uba Sani deserved to be commended for investing in infrastructural development to keep up with the growing population of his state, creating jobs in both the formal and informal sectors, and ensuring kaduna is among the top states in Nigeria with year-on-year growth in internally generated revenue (IGR), all without introducing difficult taxes. “Here is a governor who has ensured that the economic template of Kaduna State is competing keenly with those of Lagos, Kano, etc, and

Islamic  groups, Nigeria Islamic Clerics Forum and Women in Islam  Foundation have commended the Interior Minister ,Mr Olubummi Tunji-Ojo for the  reforms; innovation, ease of processing and collection of E-Passports during the Hajj Operations.  According to the Islamic groups ,the removal of what they termed the bureaucratic bottlenecks associated with the issuance of international e-passport to applicants has helped  Muslims willing to perform the Hajj get their passports within  short space of time. The commendations were contained in a six point communique issued after an Islamic Conference held in Kaduna to discuss  the Muslim Communities and Hajj Operations  in Nigeria. In the communique signed by the conveners of the Conference, Sheikh Mohammed Ibn Mohammed and Mal. Shehu Lawal Danbatta,the Nigeria Islamic Community Forums acknowledged that unveiling of additional enhanced e-Passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Europe  paved way for the smooth prepar

All is set now for the long awaited Leadtimes Africa Magazine’s summit on Poverty Reduction billed for the University of Lagos this weekend.The program which is an annual event will be held in collaboration with Highstone Global University,Texas, USA with the theme titled:Promoting Good Governance Through Capacity Building and Entrepreneurship-antidote to Sustainable Peace and Poverty Reduction in Africa.According to the press release credited to the Advisory Board Chairman of Leadtimes Africa Magazine,Professor Buba S. Mshelia,” few outstanding Nigerian professionals and businessmen are expected to be decorated with honor at the ceremony;those to be honored are men and women of integrity with track-records;selection was very competitive and the indices used was strictly on merit. “ At this epic ceremony, Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, a renowned constitutional lawyer,human Rights Activist,pro-democracy crusader and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, will lead few outstanding Nigerian professiona